Reciprocal lattice

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the crystallography subtree

Lattice of wavevectors b_i with a_i·b_j = 2πδ_ij. Crystallographic diffraction peaks occur when scattering vector Q = G for some reciprocal-lattice vector G. Basis of Fourier-space treatment of crystals.

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